So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.’ She said to him, ‘Go on.’
1 Kings 2:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then she said, ‘I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.’ ‘Go ahead and ask, mother,’ the king replied, ‘for I won’t turn you down.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then she said, I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me. The king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not refuse you. American Standard Version (1901) Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny thee. Common English Bible She said, “I have just one small request for you. Don’t refuse me.” The king said to her, “Mother, ask me. I won’t refuse you.” Catholic Public Domain Version And she said to him: "I petition one small request from you. May you not confound my face." And the king said to her: "Ask, my mother. For it is not right that I turn away your face." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee; do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother, ask; for I must not turn away thy face. |
So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.’ She said to him, ‘Go on.’
So she said, ‘Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.’
But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgement than for you.’
Again, truly I tell you, if two of you on earth agree about any matter that you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.